Thats quite an obvious consequence if the onboard radio dies as the car itself won't start anymore. that phone must have been there for emergency communications like this.
@@alebrigaz don't be stupid, imagine getting knocked sideways in the middleof a straight and cars are still racing, i doubt the first thimg you'd do is attempt to back in to the straight and save your race at the risk of serious injury.
@@nightdriver7216 but still she pretty much reset like she was playing Granturismo or Forza, more frustrated by the car nto starting than the fact she was in the middle of a lemans straight , i guess that's maye be why I'm not a racing driver. It would take me a solid second or two to collectyself and realize what happened and what must be done.
That sucks for her. Looks like it wasn’t even her fault. Hopefully she can turn it around in her career. I mean shes only 20 still has a hopefully long career
This actually gave me a lot of respect for her. After being hit hard TWICE I would have been shitting bricks and just come out immediately. All she wanted to do was keep going. Mad respect
At Le Mans you always have to try to get going again after a crash (unless the car is obviously totalled, of course)... Because you don't count as retired until you get out of the car and walk off. Also, since the race is so long, you can salvage a good finish position even after a lengthy repair stop (even more so in the top HC and LMP2 divisions which have far less entrants than GTs)...
This young woman really made my day .. It's amazing how focused she stayed .. She doesn't know the word giving up .. Most of us would had melt in tears probably ... Love that girl !
I don't think so, read my other comment, she came across the track 2 times and than stoll the car in the middle of the road after a fast corner, this is simple kamikaze beaviour for putting other drivers in danger.
@@SalvatorePellitteri She pulled onto the track to try keep the car going, and the car stalled in a bad position. She probably had damaged steering and was under double yellows, of course she is going to try keep the car in the race.
"Most of us would had melt" ??? Oh stop saying stupid things like that. Most of us deal with much more stressing situations on a daily basis in our jobs. You must be 10 years old.
Been working on that for years. I can pretty confidently says that nowadays, even in stressfull situations I can almsot completely filter out m ygerman accent, be it by using workaround words from different english accents to hide it. I like to use the australian pronounciation of year because that's a word that can very quickly out you as being german.
Always feel sorry for any driver that crashes out through no fault of their own. Don't worry Sophia, there's always next year! Nothing to be disappointed about 🙂
@@samueleorsini8881 Maybe next time they would be a lot more considerated and crash into her in some place that she would not be in the middle of the track? dude...
@@Bacavoit what reasoning is it? it's dark, the yellow flags and safety are fine, but he risked getting hurt and hurting someone else too. surely you made a mistake also the driver who arrived without being cautious, but she too was not very lucid. you know you have the risk of having the car damaged.
@@Bacavoit She wanted to go back but for that she put the car in the middle of the track, she risked her life and ruined the race of another driver who had nothing to do with her irresponsibility. In the first accident she was not to blame, but in the second it was completely her fault.
This is part of racing. She knows it better than us here in the comment section. When i see lmp or modern open wheelers, i am always impressed how safe are these little cars.
You have to follow the orders from the marshalls. She was told three times to get out of the car. Yes, yes, yes - closes the door. That is not very kind to the people working there and also very dangerous!
For people who don’t know Sophia… Go watch her F3 crash and you’ll see how much of a fighter she is! The fact she’s still racing show’s how determined she is. Definitely a driver that deserves a good career! Keep it up Sophia!!!
people saying the second hit is her fault like yah totally she would just leave the car on the racing line. the car was clearly staling over and over and it stalled at the worst spot
Correct. She had enough motion to get the car going anticipating clearing the circuit. I have it down as a “missed the yellow flags incident on the part of the other driver. She wasn’t to blame for either incident here
The car was on the grass verge on the left of the track. Where she could have safely left it. But she tried to turn around and get back on the track... and made a total mess of it. She ended up going on the grass verge on the other side of the track, running out of room and then reversed back out again. Where the other car collided with her.
@@notmenotme614 she was the same amount on the grass from the initial hit that she was before the second. She had no idea her steering was loosing pressure, and when the car kept stalling, she was a sitting duck. Honestly idk how the driver who hit her the second time didn't see a big Maroon LMP2 car like his headlights awere on, there was no smoke and a yellow flag in that area.
@@notmenotme614 Are you saying she should have given up and abandoned the car rather than try to bring it back to the pits after she managed to get it going?
@@notmenotme614 This is endurance racing, literally every driver on circuit will try to get their car going again after an incident. Even when there are bits missing drivers will try to get back to the pits. She's just unlucky that the car gave up where it did. A mechanical failure like that isn't her fault. I've not seen the outside footage of the crash so it is possible that Sophia's car was unseen until the last moment but generally, the person that crashes into a stationary car in a yellow flag zone is at fault.
Reminds me when the delta wing crashed, and they were giving the drivers tools thru the fence since the team couldn’t work on the car unless it got back to pit road
Agreed but also. The marshalls had to come to her about 3 times to tell her to get out. I understand why she wasn’t getting out, but those Marshall’s were kinda needlessly put in danger twice to tell her to get out.
If you stalled it and got it stuck in gear , and your radio isn't working , and you're on dangerous track ..... at that point it's time to pay attention to the marshalls. They should have practiced spin recovery so that situation is easier to deal with. She could have 180'd out of her first position and got moving but car might be damaged anyways.
@@xkartdizzy8434 Glad anyone sees past the "female racing driver" shit and realizes that there are human lives out there besides the racing drivers. I was actually supporting that female team - but was amazed how she didnt gave a fuck about the marshals.
or lack of brain, she was also pulling over the track and then when she was half on the track half on the grass the engine stopped........not smart and dangerous
Sophia did not crash, she was crashed into...several times. The first smash smashed the steering, leaving the car highly exposed in the middle of the track. This should have resulted in a FCY. Certain drivers were clearly (not shown on this clip) driving imprudently (this is a long endurance race, not a 10 lapper) on slick tyres in showery conditions, both before and after the accident... As an example, the United Autosports team cars even smashed into each other...
When I saw the live feed of her texting, I thought she had used one of the phones from a marshall but now I know she has it on her while driving. First time I've seen a driver actually have their phone with them in the car.
I have yet to spot a comment degrading her for being a female racing driver. I think you're making this out to be a bigger problem than it actually is.
That's the million dollar question. There is an outside view of the crash. 2 cars were racing an one totally t-boned her. It's like the driver was in heavy focus mode only focusing 10-20 meters from his/her nose and not fully ahead and just racing the middle of the track. While the other driver was able to go around her. Don't get me wrong on my comment about the driver that t-boned her. These endurance races are extremely taxing on the body and mind.
2 cars were battling for position, plus the car had no lights in sight since it was crossed in the road, one them made the evasive maneuver, the other one didn’t.
At just 20 years old this young lady could put on a clinic on how to handle an impending class! A lot of "veterans" could learn a lot from her mechanics and poise!
@@amnzash9292 Yeah, she could because other driver ignored yellow flag. Also saying someone is not a schumacher means you probably dont remember his driving - it was dangerous af, he even crashed on purpose. So not being a Schumacher helps in this situation
That guy who crashed into her would've surely tried to overtake and went on the grass and then what happened to Russell and bottas in imola happened here.
Can we apprieciate the fact that she had her nails done (6:25) even though no one will see them, not even her, for most of the race? lmao absolute chad
@@ross_boss ofc but it's quite funny. Like male drivers putting a massive effort on their hairstyles to then put on a helmet for no one to see it and to end up ruined by the time they take their helmets off lol
Glad shes safe and determination is admirable, but the safety crew must be respected. They are putting their lives on the line for the drivers' benefit.
My guess is there is a clutch pedal for switching from neutral to first or reverse When the car is launched, you shift gears with the paddles without having to use the clutch pedal
that must be devastating to be taken out like this and then also hit by traffic I did love watching her move inside the car tho. it must be second nature to her; she knows where every button is, where every lever is etc without even looking at them & having a phone taped to the car is actually really smart for emergencies like this one
I don't think so, read my other comment, she came across the track 2 time and than stoll the car in the middle of the road after a fast corner, this is simple kamikaze beaviour. This should be panished.
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The car was off the side of the track and then she tried to get it moving leaving the rear end on the track, which then caused the car to get hit again. Can’t blame her for trying to get going again but surely safety first
The Ferrari that hit her the second time drove right into her under yellow. YELLOW. Yes she was on the track but how in the world didn't the Ferrari see her car?
This is why you never try to do a U-turn on track. Always spin up the rears and flick the car around, that way you can avoid having to back onto the track completely blind.
Puts incredible stress on the drivetrain and gearbox though, which isn't always recommended if you've just had a big lateral impact. Also she might have just bogged down or hit the barrier again, neither very desirable.
She did forget to press the brake pedal (or maybe it wasn't working?) but the other guy is definitely more at fault, the car was pretty much stopped. Was maybe checking his steering wheel?
I agree, but from what I have seen she rolled back into the track while focused on the steering wheel. Even though yellow flag is up, it’s never a good idea to roll backwards onto the track like that. So both are to be blamed imo, but at least noone got ingured that’s the most important thing.
All drivers carries a phone, if the car breaks down and they need to have help for the team. Some drivers also have their own phone if they are transported to the medical center, so they can reassure their relatives.
Yup all are multiple WEC champions with the benefit of hind sight. That first crash broke her steering…she didn’t know that as, at the time she was still able to steer albeit not by much…then tried to get the car re started and it stalled when reversing again probably due to impact of first crash. Most of the kids commenting on RUclips would have just wet themselves and gave up after the first impact….it’s why they’re on YT commenting and she’s out there driving these types of cars and taking part in Le Mans…I know who I’d rather ‘doff my hat to. Hope she and the team will be back next year
@@friktionrc and she will come back ! She had an accident that could have ended her career, and her life, that moment alone, but here she is at Le Mans.
with hindsight , patience would have saved her from the second impact . She could have waited for the marshals to push her into the right direction , the damage caused by the gdrive coming together had compromised their result anyways .The second hit possibly hit important transmission bits , as only then the car stuck in first gear . Very unfortunate .
This is so sad and I'm so sorry that she had to give up. The racing car's gearbox and clutch are not easy to maneuver. I hope that the next generation of LMP2 racing cars will become an automatic "auxiliary system" for maneuvering in the gearbox.
She was brave, but at that point when the car is constantly stalling and is stuck in reverse, and on top of that you let it roll back in to the middle of the road, you just have to accept it's over. The marshals told her 3 times to get out (which doesn't mean an instant DNF, as opposed to what many commenters seemingly believe), and they're trained people, not just some random morons. Yes, I know it's very easy to find the solution from the outside, but many minutes have passed since the initial crash, she should've just known better. Next time if this happens (and she finds herself on the middle of the road again), she'll get out much earlier with this experience in mind.
Feel so bad for her, but if she maybe gone for the phone after the 2nd hit she might have been able to have gotten the car going before being forced out of the car
Why? They see that every year at this race. Every car has a mobile phone with them because when the car goes out, the radio goes with it. In addition, the radio coverage on such a long track is not the best...
2:04 the hit didn't look that hard outside but onboard it looks awful. And that was at slow speed. Imagine at high speed. Side impact are truly the worst kind
wait, you can bring your phone in the cockpit? (It's okay, after what happened to Tom Colonel a few years ago, I'm not suprised if some just wanted to sneak one just in case)
@@Maenfy yes, so why she didn't called pits via the radio, not with her phone? Anybow, I am glad that she is ok, and hoped that someone asked if she was ok.
Some of yall in the comments seem to be treating her differently cuz shes a woman. 90% of these caring comments wouldn't have been made if she was a man
@@LS-Moto one says this woman made my day cuz she was focused, others have said how sad they are for her but shes got a great long career ahead. Like shes not a professional or something. Most people talk about the accident or something but when it's a woman it's a whole different story. They are right there at the top too
@@LS-Moto one even said she doesnt know what real fear is. I hope shes ok... like she didnt start the car up and try to keep going. Some these guys act like she rolled the car and it caught on fire
@@LS-Moto sorry I show actually equality. If anyone is causing "war" between men and women it's people like yall who thinks she deserves special attention or treatment cuz shes a woman
@@rileyfair5 People say these things about all drivers, and being fearless is necessary in order to drive the car on the limit. You have absolutely no idea about how motorsports work and what it takes to drive like that, yet you pick out some random things, and stir it up with some twisted garbage of yours. These drivers know how to handle crashes. They are not your average billy or karen who throw a fit in public traffic.
The track there is particularly narrow and there's not much run off between the barriers on either side, plus the steering lock on these cars is nothing to write home about. Other drivers did similar moves throughout the race but your not criticising them are you? Misogynist!
Cause any driver would do the very same? She didn't know the car would stall every time she would try. There should have been yellow flags to prevent the t-bone and more attention from that driver. The driver that was racing along the guy that t-boned her managed to go around her just fine so that's no excuse for that driver.
@@mikehipperson She does not criticize them, because this video is not about the others, it is about her, you do not know shit about whether she also criticizes the others or not, since I doubt that you will go to all the RUclips videos of Lemans to see if she criticizes them Maybe the misogynist is you and you want to come and play the saint.
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imagine being the team manager and getting a phone call from the driver that's supposed to be driving
I was about to leave the video than I read your comment and I fast forwarded it to see is that real and omfg wtf!
Thats quite an obvious consequence if the onboard radio dies as the car itself won't start anymore. that phone must have been there for emergency communications like this.
@@toofani it’s normal at Le Mans 24 hours
Same happened when Mark Webber had flown out of the track in his car.
@@Shadow7717 I didn't know that! Coming from non endurance racing I find it hilarious lol
Hats of to her for her determination and sheer calmness in such a situation
Hats off just because she’s a woman?
@@alebrigaz don't be stupid, imagine getting knocked sideways in the middleof a straight and cars are still racing, i doubt the first thimg you'd do is attempt to back in to the straight and save your race at the risk of serious injury.
Once you realize you survived, it's not that difficult.
@@nightdriver7216 but still she pretty much reset like she was playing Granturismo or Forza, more frustrated by the car nto starting than the fact she was in the middle of a lemans straight , i guess that's maye be why I'm not a racing driver. It would take me a solid second or two to collectyself and realize what happened and what must be done.
Go see her F3 crash… The fact she’s still driving show’s she’s made of strong stuff!
The scene in the car after that second hit, that calmness and the routine like re starting are so straight out of Alien.
That's a very cool comparison tbh
Sophia: "I have the phone in my cockpit, someone left a phone in my cockpit. What I should do, throw it away or come in?"
Also Sophia: *wait a second*
that's a kubica reference?
@@andreacimaroli8311yes hahahaha
That sucks for her. Looks like it wasn’t even her fault. Hopefully she can turn it around in her career. I mean shes only 20 still has a hopefully long career
@@AlexMacho765 are u blind😂😂 that wasn’t her fault
@@evanjones288 the second incident is her fault. incredibly dangerous to reverse across the track like that. Should have waited for a marshal.
@@saiintFPS ok yeah the second one but not the first one. Thats the wreck i was talking about
other car can and should have slowed down more, but she still shouldn't have reversed across like that
@@lamonticus583 as soon as you stall, you hit the brakes. you dont roll unpowered across the race track whilst staring at your steering wheel.
This actually gave me a lot of respect for her. After being hit hard TWICE I would have been shitting bricks and just come out immediately. All she wanted to do was keep going. Mad respect
At Le Mans you always have to try to get going again after a crash (unless the car is obviously totalled, of course)... Because you don't count as retired until you get out of the car and walk off.
Also, since the race is so long, you can salvage a good finish position even after a lengthy repair stop (even more so in the top HC and LMP2 divisions which have far less entrants than GTs)...
What do you expect from the chick who flew into a building at 200kmh
She lost my respect with the second crash.
horrible driver, who even let her drive that machine....i guess even racing team need to be woke these days.
Adrenaline is one hell of a drug.
This young woman really made my day .. It's amazing how focused she stayed .. She doesn't know the word giving up .. Most of us would had melt in tears probably ... Love that girl !
And keep in mind that just 2 years ago she had a devastating crash in Macau which could've ended her career
@@Zoonsky yeah that was terrifying!
I don't think so, read my other comment, she came across the track 2 times and than stoll the car in the middle of the road after a fast corner, this is simple kamikaze beaviour for putting other drivers in danger.
@@SalvatorePellitteri She pulled onto the track to try keep the car going, and the car stalled in a bad position. She probably had damaged steering and was under double yellows, of course she is going to try keep the car in the race.
"Most of us would had melt" ??? Oh stop saying stupid things like that. Most of us deal with much more stressing situations on a daily basis in our jobs. You must be 10 years old.
Sophia sounds so German when she’s in focus mode but when she’s being interviewed her accent is way more commercialised
I feel that tho. Whenever I'm stressed out, I just don't have the brain capacity to filter out the accent. Once I'm more relaxed, it's easier.
@@TuxLetsPlay to be honest I don’t try haha my accent is the least of my problems 😂
Probably just spoke loud and clear because of the helmet and phone audio.
Been working on that for years. I can pretty confidently says that nowadays, even in stressfull situations I can almsot completely filter out m ygerman accent, be it by using workaround words from different english accents to hide it. I like to use the australian pronounciation of year because that's a word that can very quickly out you as being german.
@@SebiKoerner wen interessiert's? Warum haben Deutsche eigentlich immer so ein Problem mit ihrem Accent?
Always feel sorry for any driver that crashes out through no fault of their own. Don't worry Sophia, there's always next year! Nothing to be disappointed about 🙂
She was really trying to get that thing back going.
In the middle of the track...pls😂
@@samueleorsini8881 Maybe next time they would be a lot more considerated and crash into her in some place that she would not be in the middle of the track? dude...
@@Bacavoit what reasoning is it? it's dark, the yellow flags and safety are fine, but he risked getting hurt and hurting someone else too. surely you made a mistake also the driver who arrived without being cautious, but she too was not very lucid. you know you have the risk of having the car damaged.
@@Bacavoit She wanted to go back but for that she put the car in the middle of the track, she risked her life and ruined the race of another driver who had nothing to do with her irresponsibility. In the first accident she was not to blame, but in the second it was completely her fault.
I didn't know that giving up was a mandatory rule in racing, thanks for informing me experts
This is part of racing. She knows it better than us here in the comment section.
When i see lmp or modern open wheelers, i am always impressed how safe are these little cars.
Heartbreaking
What happened to WRT Team #41 is heartbreaking.
Was really pulling for this team coming into the race, it's a shame it ended the way it did.
Me too!
So true.
She diagnosed the issue while medical people are trying to convince her to exit. Competitor!
You have to follow the orders from the marshalls. She was told three times to get out of the car. Yes, yes, yes - closes the door. That is not very kind to the people working there and also very dangerous!
@@Paolo_Pinkas747 she closed and locked the door!
also annoying for all the other teams and spectators who want to see a race
You must to exit in this situation.
@@altairgames50 but exit, is like say "the race is over", of course all racer don't wanna get out too early.
For people who don’t know Sophia… Go watch her F3 crash and you’ll see how much of a fighter she is! The fact she’s still racing show’s how determined she is. Definitely a driver that deserves a good career! Keep it up Sophia!!!
So? As if others stopped because of a crash.
Bro you hit a wall with the top of an open wheel car at over 150 mph, shake it off and come back and say so?
@@23GreyFox you have some life lessons to learn
@@gavinfinlayson485 From you? I don't think so.
@@23GreyFox sorry... Confused?
She had much crazier accident than this, thats why she so calm
Yeah that one formula 3 accident
people saying the second hit is her fault like yah totally she would just leave the car on the racing line. the car was clearly staling over and over and it stalled at the worst spot
Correct. She had enough motion to get the car going anticipating clearing the circuit. I have it down as a “missed the yellow flags incident on the part of the other driver. She wasn’t to blame for either incident here
The car was on the grass verge on the left of the track. Where she could have safely left it. But she tried to turn around and get back on the track... and made a total mess of it. She ended up going on the grass verge on the other side of the track, running out of room and then reversed back out again. Where the other car collided with her.
@@notmenotme614 she was the same amount on the grass from the initial hit that she was before the second. She had no idea her steering was loosing pressure, and when the car kept stalling, she was a sitting duck. Honestly idk how the driver who hit her the second time didn't see a big Maroon LMP2 car like his headlights awere on, there was no smoke and a yellow flag in that area.
@@notmenotme614 Are you saying she should have given up and abandoned the car rather than try to bring it back to the pits after she managed to get it going?
@@notmenotme614 This is endurance racing, literally every driver on circuit will try to get their car going again after an incident. Even when there are bits missing drivers will try to get back to the pits. She's just unlucky that the car gave up where it did. A mechanical failure like that isn't her fault. I've not seen the outside footage of the crash so it is possible that Sophia's car was unseen until the last moment but generally, the person that crashes into a stationary car in a yellow flag zone is at fault.
Reminds me when the delta wing crashed, and they were giving the drivers tools thru the fence since the team couldn’t work on the car unless it got back to pit road
That was painful.
Take that smartphone with a ChrisFix tutorial and get down to it !
Hands off the wheel, remain calm as possible. What a pro.
Like how Sofia closed the door on the marshalls when she was talking on the phone to her team.
2:04 Wow, that secondary crash was way more scary.
Really amazing to see her giving 0 fucks about the stewards and trying to go back 👏👏👏
Agreed but also. The marshalls had to come to her about 3 times to tell her to get out. I understand why she wasn’t getting out, but those Marshall’s were kinda needlessly put in danger twice to tell her to get out.
If you stalled it and got it stuck in gear , and your radio isn't working , and you're on dangerous track ..... at that point it's time to pay attention to the marshalls. They should have practiced spin recovery so that situation is easier to deal with. She could have 180'd out of her first position and got moving but car might be damaged anyways.
@@xkartdizzy8434 Glad anyone sees past the "female racing driver" shit and realizes that there are human lives out there besides the racing drivers.
I was actually supporting that female team - but was amazed how she didnt gave a fuck about the marshals.
@@BallisticEVA01 she was trying to go back on track...what s wrong with that?
@@BallisticEVA01 drivers are allways like thar trying to get back stop throwing gender in here
She doesn’t know what fear is. Such courage she has. Her first crash as a teenager has made her an ironwoman
or lack of brain, she was also pulling over the track and then when she was half on the track half on the grass the engine stopped........not smart and dangerous
@@quartzstatistics she didn't choose to have the engine stop then did she?
@@primark07 Which is why you don't do that in motorsports after you hit the barriers.
@@quartzstatistics yeah, agree. But She Is a woman, she's an hero for risk her life and life of someone else
@@quartzstatistics Says the expert who hasn't seen the video from outside the car!
Thanks for the upload
Sophia did not crash, she was crashed into...several times. The first smash smashed the steering, leaving the car highly exposed in the middle of the track. This should have resulted in a FCY.
Certain drivers were clearly (not shown on this clip) driving imprudently (this is a long endurance race, not a 10 lapper) on slick tyres in showery conditions, both before and after the accident...
As an example, the United Autosports team cars even smashed into each other...
Yeah watching it a few times it was cleary not her fault and not much room to avoid it
When I saw the live feed of her texting, I thought she had used one of the phones from a marshall but now I know she has it on her while driving. First time I've seen a driver actually have their phone with them in the car.
i dont know who it was but someone was in a porsche gt3 r i think doing an instagram story after the win in the car while driving the cool down lap
On those races, like 24h NBR too, all cars have a phone in the car. Not everywhere the radio works on the track
Sucks that women get treated differently than men in the comments section, and in this sport. Grow up she's a better driver than any of us.
True dat.
Of course shes a racing driver. But people who say shes good enough for f1 are wrong.
I have yet to spot a comment degrading her for being a female racing driver. I think you're making this out to be a bigger problem than it actually is.
@@W--ko9ms exactly
No one is treating her differently in the comments
We are glad that you are ok. Big contact there. You are the best, keep pushing them!
So unfortunate. especially because she and her team were doing really good at this point making up a lot of positions.
I make up alot of positions with my dearest 👍
@@skeelo69 😐
Not her fault. Idk what the gdrive car was thinking in local yellows🤷🏻♂️
Driver with zero experience…you can’t put someone who has only raced F4 in a car like this at Le Mans
@@ventisette. What? She is driving a lot of racecars. A lot of LMP cars. Do your homework
@@bjorne9478 the other one lol.
Maybe he was trying to give her a push :)
@@ventisette. are u crazy, f4 f3 gt3 dtm and lmp2 several races she deserves this drive !
Serious question, how come the other car could not avoid her? It was even under slow zone
Incompetence.
That's the million dollar question. There is an outside view of the crash. 2 cars were racing an one totally t-boned her. It's like the driver was in heavy focus mode only focusing 10-20 meters from his/her nose and not fully ahead and just racing the middle of the track. While the other driver was able to go around her.
Don't get me wrong on my comment about the driver that t-boned her. These endurance races are extremely taxing on the body and mind.
All the technology and she doesn't have his team on speed dial! Oh my!
The slow zone started behind Sophia's car but it definitly was weird.
2 cars were battling for position, plus the car had no lights in sight since it was crossed in the road, one them made the evasive maneuver, the other one didn’t.
Go to 5:27 for the phone call with the Signatech team
At just 20 years old this young lady could put on a clinic on how to handle an impending class! A lot of "veterans" could learn a lot from her mechanics and poise!
I did not know Oreca has road side assistance service.....
lol ngl it wouldve been funny to see her take off in front of the stewards if she managed to get it going
She'd just wreck again around the next corner. She needed to leave the track.
just park the car and go home you are not schumacher or loeb, someone could lost their live there
@@amnzash9292 Yeah, she could because other driver ignored yellow flag.
Also saying someone is not a schumacher means you probably dont remember his driving - it was dangerous af, he even crashed on purpose. So not being a Schumacher helps in this situation
She'd absolutely do it, if the car could start.
The early hours of the race was a demolition derby.
😂😂
That guy who crashed into her would've surely tried to overtake and went on the grass and then what happened to Russell and bottas in imola happened here.
i don't think so..like he could go in left in the grass there was always space to go in.
Yeah completely taken out x2
Can we apprieciate the fact that she had her nails done (6:25) even though no one will see them, not even her, for most of the race? lmao absolute chad
She has life outside of racing
@@ross_boss ofc but it's quite funny. Like male drivers putting a massive effort on their hairstyles to then put on a helmet for no one to see it and to end up ruined by the time they take their helmets off lol
I was listening to Radio Le Mans and they mentioned this!
Makeup too
She should join another sport. Racing is not her's.
WHAHAHHA I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD WHEN SHE JUST CLOSED THE DOOR LIKE NO I AM NOT COMING BYE
Glad shes safe and determination is admirable, but the safety crew must be respected. They are putting their lives on the line for the drivers' benefit.
Just closes the door on the stewards. Love it.
Its a double-edged sword
Is the clutch a pedal in lmp2 I thought it was a paddle on the steering wheel
My guess is there is a clutch pedal for switching from neutral to first or reverse
When the car is launched, you shift gears with the paddles without having to use the clutch pedal
that must be devastating to be taken out like this and then also hit by traffic I did love watching her move inside the car tho. it must be second nature to her; she knows where every button is, where every lever is etc without even looking at them & having a phone taped to the car is actually really smart for emergencies like this one
This shows the comittment of a real racing driver. Never give in until there is no choice. RESPECT.
So no one was seeing the yellow flags and hit her while standing or what?
She literally park in the middle of the track mate. She not choose to Do It, but it's logical that you hit the barrier, maybe your car have a damage?
@@roly5250 see wikipedia for double yellow:
_Hazard blocking the track_
why did the other driver not treat this double yellow seriously?
che sfortuna per Sophia!!Non ci posso credere.Ma questa ragazza ha 20 anni ed era cosi calma e concentrata,è stupefacente!
The worst is going off and not being able to continue! My heart is with you Sophia!
Glad she's ok 💪
Pronto Sophia?
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@@simo_fabbro_0662 s🅱️innala
She handled it like a boss. I would cry my eyes out in this kind of situation.
I don't think so, read my other comment, she came across the track 2 time and than stoll the car in the middle of the road after a fast corner, this is simple kamikaze beaviour. This should be panished.
@@SalvatorePellitteri no it shouldn't. It was double yellow flag and she was 100% right to save the car.
So sad, but most important is that you feel good and without faults. It will go better next time
Nous avons vu ce qu'il vous est arrivé vers 21 h et quelque. en regardant la chaîne 21, aucune nouvelle depuis ! En espérant que vous allez bien..merci
Misleading title. She didnt crash. She was crash into.
That would be one nerve racking situation to be in.
is this the same person who had the huge f3 crash at Macau?
Yes it is.
Her nails are on point 💅🏼
Never knew they could bring their phones with them
I think they keep a phone in the car. They definitely did when mark webber drove the Mercedes in the 90s. Don’t know if they still do that.
Usefull if the in car radio gets damaged in a crash.
Despite radios there are parts of the track where reception is crap, so they carry a phone as back up.
Crashes.
Phone Rings..
"Hello? Have you been involved in an accident that wasn't your fault?"
The car was off the side of the track and then she tried to get it moving leaving the rear end on the track, which then caused the car to get hit again. Can’t blame her for trying to get going again but surely safety first
So it s her fault at the end?
@@IacopoCutino00 come on.now stop being stupid
The Ferrari that hit her the second time drove right into her under yellow. YELLOW. Yes she was on the track but how in the world didn't the Ferrari see her car?
@@brads2041 it s really dark out there...
@@IacopoCutino00 modern race car show the color of the flags in the coptkit
I love a Sophi and her foreign accent,,,,,being a race car driver ,,, well it just makes her my queen….
This is why you never try to do a U-turn on track. Always spin up the rears and flick the car around, that way you can avoid having to back onto the track completely blind.
Yup! That’s where experience comes in
Puts incredible stress on the drivetrain and gearbox though, which isn't always recommended if you've just had a big lateral impact. Also she might have just bogged down or hit the barrier again, neither very desirable.
The car would not move forward in 1st gear. That was the problem from the outset!
In Le Mans, a driver must try everything in order for you to get to the pits after a crash. This is one example of that.
So the crash knocked out her radio?
she was in the part of the circuit that has poor radio signal.
also, racecars radios mostly only work when the car is running due to them having only small baterys because of the weight reduction reasons etc.
Filming angles. Where placing cameras.
She did forget to press the brake pedal (or maybe it wasn't working?) but the other guy is definitely more at fault, the car was pretty much stopped. Was maybe checking his steering wheel?
I agree, but from what I have seen she rolled back into the track while focused on the steering wheel.
Even though yellow flag is up, it’s never a good idea to roll backwards onto the track like that.
So both are to be blamed imo, but at least noone got ingured that’s the most important thing.
@A M yeah, It’s really difficult for us who can only see it from camera angles to know what actually happend, it happend because racing. 😊
how did she take her phone to the car? It's allowed? And where did she put the pohone in car?
All drivers carries a phone, if the car breaks down and they need to have help for the team. Some drivers also have their own phone if they are transported to the medical center, so they can reassure their relatives.
What happened to Team-Radio?
She's such an icon I love her
Respect to her . She's a knockout wish her luck in the future.
Only here for the armchair expert comments..Bad luck Sophia.
Yup all are multiple WEC champions with the benefit of hind sight. That first crash broke her steering…she didn’t know that as, at the time she was still able to steer albeit not by much…then tried to get the car re started and it stalled when reversing again probably due to impact of first crash.
Most of the kids commenting on RUclips would have just wet themselves and gave up after the first impact….it’s why they’re on YT commenting and she’s out there driving these types of cars and taking part in Le Mans…I know who I’d rather ‘doff my hat to.
Hope she and the team will be back next year
@@friktionrc and she will come back ! She had an accident that could have ended her career, and her life, that moment alone, but here she is at Le Mans.
with hindsight , patience would have saved her from the second impact .
She could have waited for the marshals to push her into the right direction , the damage caused by the gdrive coming together had compromised their result anyways .The second hit possibly hit important transmission bits , as only then the car stuck in first gear .
Very unfortunate .
What is the small screen to the right with such bright lights? It looks quite distracting.
That's the electronic flag system.
It's not that bright in real life, the cameras make it look brighter than it actually is else viewers wouldn't be able to see anything.
Where is the clutch in lmp2
I think it's a pedal, yes
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What happened at 2:06? Someone crashed into her??
Me dolió mucho la manera en la que termino su carrera, espero para el próximo año vuelva a por todas!
This is so sad and I'm so sorry that she had to give up. The racing car's gearbox and clutch are not easy to maneuver. I hope that the next generation of LMP2 racing cars will become an automatic "auxiliary system" for maneuvering in the gearbox.
She was brave, but at that point when the car is constantly stalling and is stuck in reverse, and on top of that you let it roll back in to the middle of the road, you just have to accept it's over. The marshals told her 3 times to get out (which doesn't mean an instant DNF, as opposed to what many commenters seemingly believe), and they're trained people, not just some random morons. Yes, I know it's very easy to find the solution from the outside, but many minutes have passed since the initial crash, she should've just known better. Next time if this happens (and she finds herself on the middle of the road again), she'll get out much earlier with this experience in mind.
Mi primer recuerdo de Colapinto fue este accidente, ahora esta en F1, que grande el pibe 🤣
Feel so bad for her, but if she maybe gone for the phone after the 2nd hit she might have been able to have gotten the car going before being forced out of the car
What a trooper. She'll be a valuable member for any team with the brains to hire her.
How did she hit the second car? hasnt the field of cars passed yet? I think she thought that was the case.
Stalled when trying to reverse off the track, no. 74 car didn't see her in time and collected her
Lol all these experts here saying the t bone was her fault, what dyou want her to do? When the car stalls 😂😂
i blame it on the jg diff
Imagine you are the marshal who looked in her car while she was on her phone😂😂
Why? They see that every year at this race. Every car has a mobile phone with them because when the car goes out, the radio goes with it. In addition, the radio coverage on such a long track is not the best...
2:04 the hit didn't look that hard outside but onboard it looks awful. And that was at slow speed. Imagine at high speed. Side impact are truly the worst kind
2:00 to 2:05 Just doing a 3 point turn across the width of the track
wait drivers can just take there phone in to the car?
Most cars at Le Mans have phones in case the radio doesn't work.
This was the Emergency Phone from the Team. Not her Private one
Sophia is amazing... I know her and father Alex too.... Beautiful, warm and genuine people ♥️
Le Mans can be so heartbreaking sometimes...
They keep their phone in the car???
No, they have a phone they can use in the circuit areas where radio coms doesn't work well if they are in trouble
Not their personnal phones
@@axlm.808 oh, yeah that makes more sense
wait, you can bring your phone in the cockpit?
(It's okay, after what happened to Tom Colonel a few years ago, I'm not suprised if some just wanted to sneak one just in case)
Yes, it's not her phone and you can use it in an emergency, like no radio coverage
What happened to Tom?
@@marchelmberger6249 He started taking a video while driving the cooldown lap.
Most cars have them in case the radio doesn't work.
Thay don't have a two way radio?
They do
@@Maenfy yes, so why she didn't called pits via the radio, not with her phone? Anybow, I am glad that she is ok, and hoped that someone asked if she was ok.
@@edgarmtoro The radio doesn't always work. The track is so long it's hard to get a signal in some places.
Some of yall in the comments seem to be treating her differently cuz shes a woman. 90% of these caring comments wouldn't have been made if she was a man
Where are these comments you're talking about? I don't see any such comments. People like you are the ones trying to make it into a men vs women war.
@@LS-Moto one says this woman made my day cuz she was focused, others have said how sad they are for her but shes got a great long career ahead. Like shes not a professional or something. Most people talk about the accident or something but when it's a woman it's a whole different story. They are right there at the top too
@@LS-Moto one even said she doesnt know what real fear is. I hope shes ok... like she didnt start the car up and try to keep going. Some these guys act like she rolled the car and it caught on fire
@@LS-Moto sorry I show actually equality. If anyone is causing "war" between men and women it's people like yall who thinks she deserves special attention or treatment cuz shes a woman
@@rileyfair5 People say these things about all drivers, and being fearless is necessary in order to drive the car on the limit. You have absolutely no idea about how motorsports work and what it takes to drive like that, yet you pick out some random things, and stir it up with some twisted garbage of yours. These drivers know how to handle crashes. They are not your average billy or karen who throw a fit in public traffic.
Top effort there for not giving up! Calmness under pressure 👍😊
So why a phone in the car and not radio transmissions
because radio tansmissions is bad in this part of the track
why not both? for inside and outside the car and also in case the car's radio transmission is failing?
Why has she moved the car on the track to keep on driving. That’s Risky
The track there is particularly narrow and there's not much run off between the barriers on either side, plus the steering lock on these cars is nothing to write home about. Other drivers did similar moves throughout the race but your not criticising them are you?
Misogynist!
Cause any driver would do the very same? She didn't know the car would stall every time she would try. There should have been yellow flags to prevent the t-bone and more attention from that driver. The driver that was racing along the guy that t-boned her managed to go around her just fine so that's no excuse for that driver.
@@mikehipperson Assuming that person saw any of the other accidents
@@mikehipperson She does not criticize them, because this video is not about the others, it is about her, you do not know shit about whether she also criticizes the others or not, since I doubt that you will go to all the RUclips videos of Lemans to see if she criticizes them Maybe the misogynist is you and you want to come and play the saint.
Why did she have to use her own mobile phone? Do they have no radio on wec races? Sry for this perhaps stupid question, but im not into wec.
They do but the track is very long so there are parts of the track that where drivers can't use their radios.
it's not her phone, everyone as phone in the car to call the team if the radio don't have the good frequence
why is the video quality so bad ?
Wtf there's no team radio?
There is
Her clutch was already bad before the second crash, it would have been a miracle if it has survived to this
The Second Crash impact was right on the rear wheel. Delivered the coup de grace to the gearbox.
Phone? Is this really the way to communicate
Unlucky Sophia...been watching you on your RUclips channel...you have loads of more chances..